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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 51

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واذ واعدنا موسى اربعين ليلة ثم اتخذتم العجل من بعده وانتم ظالمون

And remember We appointed Forty nights for Moses, And in his absence ye took The calf (for worship), And ye did grievous wrong.

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  • Verse 51 of 286
  • Juz 1
  • Page 8

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  1. وَإِذْAnd whenwa-idh
  2. وَٰعَدْنَاWe appointedwāʿadnā
  3. مُوسَىٰٓ(for) Musamūsā
  4. أَرْبَعِينَfortyarbaʿīna
  5. لَيْلَةًۭnightslaylatan
  6. ثُمَّThenthumma
  7. ٱتَّخَذْتُمُyou tookittakhadhtumu
  8. ٱلْعِجْلَthe calfl-ʿij'la
  9. مِنۢfrommin
  10. بَعْدِهِۦafter himbaʿdihi
  11. وَأَنتُمْand youwa-antum
  12. ظَـٰلِمُونَ(were) wrongdoersẓālimūna

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